Read article: Artificial intelligence: towards better, smarter and fairer physics
The May 2021 issue of Physics World shows how physicists aren't just using AI for research but also trying to tackle some of its inherent human biases
Read article: Beware of disease-carrying aerosols in toilets, ‘technology-packed tank top’ launched into space
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Read article: Laser paints a mini masterpiece, counting bubbles in a glass of beer, Jane Austen written in oligomers
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Read article: Whitest paint ever could keep your house cool, space fridge could store better food for astronauts
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Read article: Sweet taste of heavy water, raindrops falling on other planets
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Read article: Space wine, ESA astronaut call, April Fool’s round-up
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Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘We’ve been surprised at how easy it’s become to do high-level experiments from our homes’
After COVID made crowded control rooms hazardous, Ben Penaflor and colleagues at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility developed work-arounds
Read article: Measuring methane from cows: the April 2021 issue of Physics World is now out
How infrared spectrometers and frequency combs are measuring methane emissions from cattle, plus super-efficient solar cells and a century of nuclear isomers
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: making particles from space tangible for schoolkids
Andrew Ferguson took a muon detector project into UK schools – and kept the study going despite COVID-19 restrictions
Read article: Alan Turing £50 note is unveiled, how to get a mortgage on the Moon
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